Sentence examples for I scolded from inspiring English sources
"I scolded" is a perfectly acceptable and usable phrase in written English
For example, you could say "When I found out that my son had forgotten to do his homework, I scolded him for his carelessness."
Pull yourself together, I scolded myself.
"No pasta until you eat your rabbit," I scolded parentally.
I scolded him for it, and then he just collapsed.
Remembering the international standoff in the Lowe's parking lot recently, I scolded myself again.
"My daughters scolded me," Rani Bai admitted, "just as I scolded my mother".
Flustered, I scolded him not to tell me if he was going to break the law.
I'm an equal opportunity scold on the point: I've scolded my friends about it; now I scold you for agreeing with them.
She will lift knife and fork, sighing, only if I scold her about eating with all 10 fingers like a caveman, and I have mixed feelings about that.
I feel a twinge of bittersweetness when I scold Allison for using her phone at the dinner table because she wants to show Gillian a mindless meme.
I scold myself when I think about how much time and energy have been wasted on days like these. 1. Time's wasting away.
One mother said: 'It's my wish that…my child studies well' (FGD 2); another said: '(I tell them) don't play…don't watch TV…study…I scold them to read…and study' (FGD 3).
